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LESSON 7

How to give an injection with Sayana Press

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• Prepare the Uniject for injection. • Identify the three appropriate injection site

areas.• Give an injection with Sayana Press in the

correct way.• Follow safe disposal methods.

LESSON 7

Learning objectives

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Prepare the supplies needed for injection

Make sure that you have all the supplies and equipment you need.

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• Wash your hands after you have set out your supplies and before you give the injection. This helps prevent infection.

• Wash your hands well with soap and water.• Let your hands air dry.

Handwashing

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Ask your client which site she prefers:

in theback of the upper arm

in the abdomen(not at the navel)

on the front of the thigh

Choose an injection site

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If the skin where you will give the injection is dirty, clean it with a cotton ball soaked in clean water.

Clean the injection site if needed

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Open the pouch

• Check the expiration date on the pouch.• Open the foil pouch and remove the Uniject.• Make sure it is at room temperature.

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Review of the parts of Uniject

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Mix the solution

• Hold the Uniject by the port.• Shake it vigorously for 30

seconds.

• Check to make sure the solution is mixed and there is no damage or leaking.

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Activate the Uniject

• Remove the needle shield.

• Hold the Uniject by the port.

• Keep the Uniject pointed upward during activation to prevent spilling the drug.

• Push the needle shield into the port.

• Continue to push firmly until the gap between the needle shield and port is closed.

What is the gap?

GapDrawing

Photograph

Inside the Uniject (X-ray)

Why is it important to close the gap completely during activation?

Gap is closed

• The needle is pushed through a barrier that holds the DMPA.

• The DMPA goes into the needle.

• The injection will work.

Gap is closed

Photograph Inside the Uniject (X-ray)

What happens if the gap is not completely closed during activation?

Gap is only partly closed

Gap is only partly closed

Photograph Inside the Uniject (X-ray)

• The needle is only partly pushed into the barrier that holds the DMPA.

• The DMPA cannot go into the needle

• The injection will not work.

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Gently pinch the skin at the injection site

The pinch is important to make sure Sayana Press is injected into the fat, and not into the muscle.

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Positioning the needle for injection

• Insert straight into the skin at a downward angle.

• A slight downward angle helps prevent injection of air.

• Needle should never be pointed upward during injection.

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Insert the needle (arm)

• Hold port while inserting.

• Insert at a downward angle.

• Port should touch the skin.

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Insert the needle (abdomen)

• Hold port while inserting.

• Insert at a downward angle.

• Port should touch the skin.

• Avoid the navel.

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Insert the needle (thigh)

• Hold port while inserting.

• Insert at a downward angle.

• Port should touch the skin.

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• Squeeze the reservoir slowly—5 to 7 seconds.

• Do not clean or massage the site after injecting.

Squeeze the reservoir

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Discard the Uniject

• Do not replace the needle shield onto the Uniject.

• Place in safety box.

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GROUP ACTIVITY

Practice giving injections on models Follow the instructions on the “Sayana Press Injection Job Aid for Providers.”

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GROUP ACTIVITY

Practice finding the injection site

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PARTICIPANT DEMONSTRATION 1

Giving Sayana Press

Instructions:• Select two volunteers.• Show the three locations where a Sayana

Press injection can be given.• With a capped Uniject, show where the

needle will be inserted and how it will be angled.

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PARTICIPANT DEMONSTRATION 2

Giving Sayana Press

Instructions:• Select a volunteer.• Describe the process of giving an injection

with Sayana Press while showing it on a practice injection arm.

• Repeat with another volunteer.